Http Handlers in asp.net

Http Handlers in asp.net

-ASP.NET HTTP handler is the process (frequently referred to as the "endpoint")

that runs in response to a request made to an ASP.NET Web application.

An HTTP handler can be either synchronous or asynchronous.

synchronous handler

A synchronous handler does not return until it finishes processing the HTTP request for

which it is called.

asynchronous handler

An asynchronous handler runs a process independently of sending a response to the user

Uses of Http Handlers

Http Handlers provide us functionality to create user friendly (easy to remember) Urls.

Example

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/SEO_url_in_asp_net.aspx